E-Course Learning Modules


Module 1: Introduction to PLN's

  1. Introduction to PLN's
  2. Ethics & Privacy
  3. Information Literacy (sifting, organizing, analyzing validity of information)
  4. Networking & Netiquette (making & maintaining connections)
  5. How to use your PLN (asking for help, ideas, feedback; connecting with others; learning from others)

Module 2: PLN Tools

  1. Information Aggregation: RSS Readers
  2. Information Aggregation: Social Bookmarking
  3. Social media tools: Twitter
  4. Social media tools: Edmodo
  5. Social media tools: Ning

Module 3: Sustaining the PLN: Part I

  1. Refining the RSS Reader
  2. Collecting and Sharing Resources Through Diigo
  3. Participating in the Twitterverse
  4. Using Subject Communities in Edmodo
  5. Ning vs. Edmodo

Module 4: Sustaining the PLN: Part II

  1. Asking for help
  2. Asking for ideas
  3. Asking for feedback
  4. Connecting with and learning from others
  5. Sharing your expertise
  6. 7 Degrees of Connectedness